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Historic Photos of Old California

Author : Nancy Hendrickson
Publisher : Historic Photos
ISBN 13 : 9781596525245
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (252 download)

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Download or read book Historic Photos of Old California written by Nancy Hendrickson and published by Historic Photos. This book was released on 2009 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of California began when a Portuguese captain sailing for Spain found a beautiful natural harbor as he plied his way up the Pacific coast. Little could he have imagined that dropping his anchor in what is now San Diego Bay would be the birth of the Golden State. Ask any Californian and you'll quickly learn that California is like two states in one: In the north are rocky cliffs, rugged beaches, and a heritage that harkens back to gold rush days. In the south is the quintessential "postcard" California of orange trees, warm ocean breezes, and boulevards lined with palm trees. Whichever California you favor, both have a rich heritage based in the cultures of Spain, England, Russia, China, and America. Citizens from all these lands came to California early, and all had a hand in building the nation's most populace state. This is her story.

Historic Photos of Los Angeles

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Publisher : Turner Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 1618586491
Total Pages : 453 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (185 download)

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Download or read book Historic Photos of Los Angeles written by and published by Turner Publishing Company. This book was released on 2008-04-01 with total page 453 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two letters of the alphabet are all that are needed to say the name of America’s second-largest city: L.A. Historic Photos of Los Angeles captures the historical essence of this rapidly moving, fast-growing, ever-changing Pacific Coast city. Perhaps only New York can rank with Los Angeles in numbers of historical American architectural landmarks. From historic Union Station to Disneyland and the Hollywood sign, and from Griffith Auditorium to the Los Angeles Coliseum, readers of Historic Photos of Los Angeles will delight in watching the city grow before their eyes. With nearly 200 photographs gathered from the area’s top archives, this book tells the story of the meteoric growth and development of this landmark international destination. Historic Photos of Los Angeles is a must-have for history lovers and anyone who loves L.A.

Historic Photos of the Chinese in California

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Publisher : Turner Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 1618584340
Total Pages : 343 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (185 download)

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Download or read book Historic Photos of the Chinese in California written by and published by Turner Publishing Company. This book was released on 2009-04-01 with total page 343 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Chinese were a visible current in the tidal wave of humanity that rushed through San Francisco’s Golden Gate in the mid-nineteenth century. Known to their countrymen as Gam Saan Haak (guests of Gold Mountain), Chinese immigrants sought great fortune. Most found only hostility and hard work, often braving the most dangerous and loathsome jobs. They endured violence and injustice, yet clung to this land with tenacity and patience and made it their own. With nearly 200 historic photographs gathered from notable collections, this book explores a century of Chinese progress in California. Retracing the immigrants’ steps—from the gold fields to the high Sierra railroad camps, to lettuce fields and olive groves, and to the Monterey coast—we visit Chinese enclaves throughout the state. We linger in San Francisco’s old Chinatown, home to cherished children and notorious tong gangs, where new arrivals first found refuge and familiar goods, and tourists later found exotic merchandise spilling from aging storefronts. These historic images recall a time when the Chinese community in California was still a world apart.

Historic Photos of Orange County

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Publisher : Turner Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 1618586637
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (185 download)

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Download or read book Historic Photos of Orange County written by and published by Turner Publishing Company. This book was released on 2008-12-01 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Perpetual sunshine, palm trees, miles of unbroken beaches, yachts, cliff-top mansions, millionaires—these are the images of Orange County that come to mind for many people, and there is much truth in this depiction, for Orange County is a place of boundless natural wonders that attracts more than 25 million tourists a year. However, the full story of Orange County is far more complex. It’s a story of Juañeno Indians, conquistadors, Franciscan padres, rancheros, wildcatters, artists, and filmmakers. Historic Photos of Orange County offers some 200 images drawn from the county’s fascinating past, from the mission ruins of San Juan Capistrano, to the turn-of-the-century celery fields of Westminster, to the eye-popping fantasia of a young Disneyland. By East Coast standards, Orange County is a relative baby—just over a century old—and tiny compared with most California counties; but its population is second only to neighboring Los Angeles County and growing every day. This volume captures the story of Orange County’s evolution from a sleepy backwater suburb of Los Angeles to an international tourist destination.

Historic Photos of Orange County

Author : Leslie Anne Stone
Publisher : Historic Photos
ISBN 13 : 9781596524873
Total Pages : 205 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (248 download)

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Download or read book Historic Photos of Orange County written by Leslie Anne Stone and published by Historic Photos. This book was released on 2008 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Perpetual sunshine, palm trees, miles of unbroken beaches, yachts, cliff-top mansions, millionaires--these are the images of Orange County that come to mind for many people, and there is much truth in this depiction, for Orange County is a place of boundless natural wonders that attracts more than 25 million tourists a year. However, the full story of Orange County is far more complex. It's a story of Juañeno Indians, conquistadors, Franciscan padres, rancheros, wildcatters, artists, and filmmakers. Historic Photos of Orange County offers some 200 images drawn from the county's fascinating past, from the mission ruins of San Juan Capistrano, to the turn-of-the-century celery fields of Westminster, to the eye-popping fantasia of a young Disneyland. By East Coast standards, Orange County is a relative baby--just over a century old--and tiny compared with most California counties; but its population is second only to neighboring Los Angeles County and growing every day. This volume captures the story of Orange County's evolution from a sleepy backwater suburb of Los Angeles to an international tourist destination.

Historic Photos of the Chinese in California

Author : Hannah Clayborn
Publisher : Turner
ISBN 13 : 9781596525191
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (251 download)

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Download or read book Historic Photos of the Chinese in California written by Hannah Clayborn and published by Turner. This book was released on 2009 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Chinese were a visible current in the tidal wave of humanity that rushed through San Francisco's Golden Gate in the mid-nineteenth century. Known to their countrymen as Gam Saan Haak (guests of Gold Mountain), Chinese immigrants sought great fortune. Most found only hostility and hard work, often braving the most dangerous and loathsome jobs. They endured violence and injustice, yet clung to this land with tenacity and patience and made it their own. With nearly 200 historic photographs gathered from notable collections, this book explores a century of Chinese progress in California. Retracing the immigrants' steps--from the gold fields to the high Sierra railroad camps, to lettuce fields and olive groves, and to the Monterey coast--we visit Chinese enclaves throughout the state. We linger in San Francisco's old Chinatown, home to cherished children and notorious tong gangs, where new arrivals first found refuge and familiar goods, and tourists later found exotic merchandise spilling from aging storefronts. These historic images recall a time when the Chinese community in California was still a world apart.

Remembering Old California

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Publisher : Remembering
ISBN 13 : 9781683368656
Total Pages : 134 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (686 download)

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Download or read book Remembering Old California written by and published by Remembering. This book was released on 2011-04 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of California began when a Portuguese captain sailing for Spain found a beautiful natural harbor as he plied his way up the Pacific coast. Little could he have imagined that dropping his anchor in what is now San Diego Bay would be the birth of the Golden State, with its rocky cliffs and rugged beaches in the north, and orange trees, warm ocean breezes, and boulevards lined with palm trees in the postcard-perfect south. With a selection of fine historic images from her best-selling book, Historic Photos of Old California, Nancy Hendrickson provides a valuable and revealing historical retrospective on the growth and development of Old California. This volume, Remembering Old California, is the state's story.

Historic Photos of Los Angeles

Author : Dana Lombardy
Publisher : Historic Photos
ISBN 13 : 9781596523746
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (237 download)

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Download or read book Historic Photos of Los Angeles written by Dana Lombardy and published by Historic Photos. This book was released on 2008 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two letters of the alphabet are all that are needed to say the name of America's second-largest city: L.A. Historic Photos of Los Angeles captures the historical essence of this rapidly moving, fast-growing, ever-changing Pacific Coast city. Perhaps only New York can rank with Los Angeles in numbers of historical American architectural landmarks. From historic Union Station to Disneyland and the Hollywood sign, and from Griffith Auditorium to the Los Angeles Coliseum, readers of Historic Photos of Los Angeles will delight in watching the city grow before their eyes. With nearly 200 photographs gathered from the area's top archives, this book tells the story of the meteoric growth and development of this landmark international destination. Historic Photos of Los Angeles is a must-have for history lovers and anyone who loves L.A.

Historic Photos of Oakland

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Publisher : Turner
ISBN 13 : 9781684420858
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (28 download)

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Download or read book Historic Photos of Oakland written by and published by Turner. This book was released on 2009-07 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Its place directly opposite San Francisco Bay from one of the world's most visited cities has left Oakland to struggle against comparison from the start. It has greeted that challenge by asserting its identity as an effervescent international port city with a richly diverse, uniquely creative, and highly resilient population. Oakland consistently finds itself at the forefront of the rapid pace of change that California has helped to drive, with its history of daring experiments in social, scientific, and cultural innovation. The camera has preserved glimpses into the impacts of that change--and the ways in which Oakland has adapted to sustain itself as a charming and welcoming gateway to the Pacific. Historic Photos of Oakland collects a small fraction of the record the cameras have left behind, providing a compelling view of the colorful past of the "second" City by the Bay.

Panorama

Author : W. W. Robinson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781258779191
Total Pages : 164 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (791 download)

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Download or read book Panorama written by W. W. Robinson and published by . This book was released on 2013-08 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

California Exposures: Envisioning Myth and History

Author : Richard White
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 0393243079
Total Pages : 475 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (932 download)

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Download or read book California Exposures: Envisioning Myth and History written by Richard White and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2020-03-17 with total page 475 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the 2021 California Book Award (Californiana category) A brilliant California history, in word and image, from an award-winning historian and a documentary photographer. “This is the West, sir. When the legend becomes fact, print the legend.” This indelible quote from The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance applies especially well to California, where legend has so thoroughly become fact that it is visible in everyday landscapes. Our foremost historian of the West, Richard White, never content to “print the legend,” collaborates here with his son, a talented photographer, in excavating the layers of legend built into California’s landscapes. Together they expose the bedrock of the past, and the history they uncover is astonishing. Jesse White’s evocative photographs illustrate the sites of Richard’s historical investigations. A vista of Drakes Estero conjures the darkly amusing story of the Drake Navigators Guild and its dubious efforts to establish an Anglo-Saxon heritage for California. The restored Spanish missions of Los Angeles frame another origin story in which California’s native inhabitants, civilized through contact with friars, gift their territories to white settlers. But the history is not so placid. A quiet riverside park in the Tulare Lake Basin belies scenes of horror from when settlers in the 1850s transformed native homelands into American property. Near the lake bed stands a small marker commemorating the Mussel Slough massacre, the culmination of a violent struggle over land titles between local farmers and the Southern Pacific Railroad in the 1870s. Tulare is today a fertile agricultural county, but its population is poor and unhealthy. The California Dream lives elsewhere. The lake itself disappeared when tributary rivers were rerouted to deliver government-subsidized water to big agriculture and cities. But climate change ensures that it will be back—the only question is when.

Old Sacramento and Downtown

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Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780738531236
Total Pages : 134 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (312 download)

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Download or read book Old Sacramento and Downtown written by and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2006 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The discovery of gold launched a rush of humanity to California's Sierra foothills and many of those miners and minerals flowed into a settlement that grew where the American and Sacramento Rivers meet. Today downtown and Old Sacramento, a 28-acre state historic district, are thriving, graced by such treasures as the restored State Capitol Building, the art deco Tower Bridge, and scores of historic structures and attractions like the Leland Stanford Mansion and the California State Railroad Museum.

Historic Photos of Richmond in the 50s, 60s, and 70s

Author : Emily J. Salmon
Publisher : Turner
ISBN 13 : 9781596525948
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (259 download)

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Download or read book Historic Photos of Richmond in the 50s, 60s, and 70s written by Emily J. Salmon and published by Turner. This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Richmond is an American city quintessentially founded on change. From its colonial birth to the present, it has constantly rebuilt and reshaped its appearance, ideals, and industry. Through changing times, Richmond has grown and prospered by overcoming adversity and maintaining the strong, independent culture of its residents. Historic Photos of Richmond in the 50s, 60s, and 70s captures this journey through the mid-to-late twentieth century, using still photographs from eminent archives. The images depict the city's story beginning with the prosperous Fifties that followed World War II, continuing through the tumultuous Sixties and the Civil Rights Movement, and concluding with the Seventies, when losses among Richmond's old buildings strengthened the preservation impulse. Included are scenes selected from among thousands of historic photographs. Published in striking black-and-white, these images communicate the historic changes that have transpired in one of America's most historic cities.

Los Angeles Then and Now Mini Hardback

Author : Rosemary Lord
Publisher : Rizzoli Publications
ISBN 13 : 1911641050
Total Pages : 97 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (116 download)

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Download or read book Los Angeles Then and Now Mini Hardback written by Rosemary Lord and published by Rizzoli Publications. This book was released on 2020-03-03 with total page 97 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A perfect, souvenir-size Then and Now featuring all the best-known tourist locations from Los Angeles, with a number of vintage color photos. Using archive photos paired with their modern equivalent, Los Angeles Then and Now charts the development of the city from the days of orange groves and melon patches and isolated Spanish mission buildings to the staggering metropolis it is today. With a background in the movie business, Rosemary Lord interlaces the arrival of the Hollywood era and the growth of the city she has lived in for twenty-five years. Since its original publication in 2002, Los Angeles Then and Now has been rephotographed, revised with new content, and completely redesigned. This new compact gift edition includes exclusive matchups. Sites include Old Plaza Church, Olvera Street, Chinatown, Union Station, Mayan Theatre, Angel's Flight, Los Angeles Public Library, Biltmore Hotel, Bullocks Wilshire, Hollywood Sign, Griffith Observatory, Sunset and Vine, Egyptian Theatre, Grauman's Chinese Theatre, Roosevelt Hotel, Schwab's Pharmacy, Beverly Hills Hotel, Venice Beach, and Santa Monica Pier.

Greater Los Angeles and Southern California

Author : Robert Jones Burdette
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 358 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (39 download)

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Download or read book Greater Los Angeles and Southern California written by Robert Jones Burdette and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: " ... An historical record ... --combining in one volume the human interest always present in portraits together with instructive facts of biography ..."--Preface

Historic Photos of Sacramento

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Publisher : Turner
ISBN 13 : 9781683369264
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (692 download)

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Download or read book Historic Photos of Sacramento written by and published by Turner. This book was released on 2007-03 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the Gold Rush to the State Capitol, Sutter's Fort to the Big Four Building, Historic Photos of Sacramento is a photographic history collected from the area's top archives. With around 200 photographs, many of which have never been published, this beautiful coffee table book shows the historical growth from the mid 1800's to the late 1900's of "Sactown" in stunning black and white photography. The book follows life, government, events and people important to Sacramento and the building of this unique city. Spanning over two centuries and two hundred photographs, this is a must have for any long-time resident or history lover of Sacramento!

Historic Photos of Anaheim

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Publisher : Turner Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 1618585959
Total Pages : 261 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (185 download)

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Download or read book Historic Photos of Anaheim written by and published by Turner Publishing Company. This book was released on 2007-03-01 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Anaheim Hills to The Canyon, the Platinum Triangle to Disneyland, Historic Photos of Anaheim is a photographic history collected from the areas top archives. With around 200 photographs, many of which have never been published, this beautiful coffee table book shows the historical growth from the mid 1800's to the late 1900's of ?The Forest City? in stunning black and white photography. The book follows life, government, events and people important to Anaheim and the building of this unique city. Spanning over two centuries and two hundred photographs, this is a must have for any long-time resident or history lover of Anaheim!